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<span>Hi again,<br>
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Reiser <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jreiser@bitwagon.com"><jreiser@bitwagon.com></a></b></i> wrote on شنبه ۰۸ مه ۱۰،
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<pre wrap="">On 05/08/2010 06:31 AM, drago01 wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The installation DVD is for installing the system that's it.
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That's only part of it. There's around 4GB of data, and more than a few
persons would like to use via PackageKit after the initial install, too.
I frequently install just the "Internet Desktop", then add other packages
days or weeks later.
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<pre wrap="">Installing software from it afterwards is pointless anyway as updates
might cause dep conflicts and or provide newer/fixed versions anyway.
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Updated media are produced by others. For instance, Fedora Unity produced
an updated DVD of Fedora 12 as of March 3: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins">http://spins.fedoraunity.org/spins</a>
Using pungi I generate an updated DVD in about half an hour (after
updating my cache of the .rpm.)
In many many second- and third-world places outside of larger cities,
high-speed internet is only a dream. In the US there are several million
persons whose fastest internet connection is a 53 Kbit/second dialup
modem, and tens of millions with only 1.5 Mbit/second DSL. A physical
DVD via postal mail (or borrowed from a neighbor) is much faster,
particularly when something doesn't work correctly the first time.
Practical progress: Looking at the bug
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435625">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435625</a> (installation
media support in PackageKit)
it seems to me that much of the angst involves split media (mounting
multiple CDs.) Why not implement major partial progress by requiring
that a single platter [only] be mounted before invoking PackageKit?
Then a DVD or the correct CD (typically one of five or six) succeeds,
otherwise you get told which platter to mount before trying again
(perhaps accumulating .rpms in a temporary on-disk repo, etc.)
This is not a slick-and-shiny-100% solution, but it can work.
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Please have a look at the last comments of the bug. Most of the
implementation is done, the only missing part is how to mount the
CD/DVD in PackageKit!<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Hedayat<br>
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